Scratch

I would like them to take from a predetermined Sire (Aa) and a predetermined Dam (Aa) and breed them to make offspring. Then you get a predetermined outcome, but it randomly chooses one of the outcomes to show (AA, Aa, Aa, aa), and you need the recessive one (aa) to proceed onto the next level. It would be neat if it "saved" the animals you've bred for that round, so you can breed them as well.

I'm writing the code now, I assume you have a working knowledge of scratch, should I do it here or in a project?
EDIT:done it here

when gf clicked//this can go in any sprite, or the stage
delete [all v] of [genes v]
add (parent's genes) to [genes v]//do this for all parents
add (other parent's genes) to [genes v]//or use a variable to make random ones
set [gene setter v] to (1)
set [genes chosen v] to (0)
broadcast [begin v]

when I receive [begin v]//this needs to be in all parents
set [gene# v] to (gene setter)//gene setter needs to be a global, gene# needs to be local
change [gene setter v] by (1)
forever
if <<touching [mouse pointer v]?> and <mouse down?>>
if <(genes chosen) = (0)>
set [gene1 v] to (item (gene#) of [genes v])
else
set [gene2 v] to (item (gene#) of [genes v])
end
change [genes chosen v] by (1)
wait until <not<mouse down?>>
if <(genes chosen) = (2)>
repeat (# of children)
add (join (letter(pick random (1) to (2)) of (gene1)))(letter(pick random (1) to (2)) of (gene2)) to [children v]

This fills the list called children with codes made up of random selections from the two parents. You could then clear the parents list if you wanted and add the children to it. If you need more help with the conditionals (winning from certain codes etc) just say

Last edited by zammer990 (2012-11-06 12:10:59)

MissEmily wrote:

This may be really weird to say, but I have everything but the

add (join (letter(pick random (1) to (2)) of (gene1)))(letter(pick random (1) to (2)) of (gene2)) to [children v]

Apparently, mine does not have this feature? Or maybe I'm not looking in the right area?

Thank-you again for all of your help.

The problem was that you forgot to put an "s" after scratchblock. Anyway, fixed.

Last edited by ErnieParke (2012-11-06 20:13:06)

MissEmily wrote:

I'm sorry for the confusion. I meant that I do not have the red-orange scratchblock that says "Add {VARIABLE} to [VARIABLE]"I have everything but that block. I've looked through all of my blocks, even the other colors, and I do not have that block. Maybe I have an earlier version or something? I'm not sure. I just can't find this scratchblock.

That script is adding a variable to a list, not a variable to a variable. You'll find lists and their blocks under "variables" 

OK, I am proud to say, that I have everything entered in! I feel so very happy now!

OK, this is where I am at now:
I have the top code entered, and I have it figured that it is what simulates the parents passing on the genes to the children.
I have the parent sprites created, with the different phenotypes as costumes (there is 8 phenotypes) and two offspring (a male and a female) with the phenotypes as their costumes as well.

Now, I think I have to make it so it associates costumes with genes. Like, associates "AaBBdd" with the "Blue Agouti" costume. And make it so that, when I click it, it switches both costumes and genetic coding. Then, also make a way that you click something to trigger the parents to pass on their codes and make 1-5 offspring.

I know how to make it switch costumes, but puzzled at making it switch genetic coding as well.

I've decided that it is probably unreasonable right now to make it into a game, when I do not have that much experience with Scratch. It would be much more of a burden to try and get people to help me all the time with it (more than I am now). I've been watching tutorials on YouTube lately and playing around with adding things together and trying to see what each does.

And, again, thank-you so much with helping again! I am so very excited to kind of get to see my little project (which is looking like a very large project now, LOL!) start to kind of take form! I've already started to have ideas like how to display my game ideas on my science board for the Expo and really make everything look amazing! I am so very excited about all of this!